Thanks for the tips guys. I feel better knowing Iâ??m not the only one. I do believe that the SE's torque will be it's greatest advantage and the tires it's weakness. And RogerB, I have no trouble believing the earlier contours are sprung harder than mine. The biggest hang up however is that a week ago my contour started to bog down under cornering while accelerating. So I checked the forums and found an old post under troubleshooting that described my problem exactly. I had already suspected the fuel pump but this confirmed it was to blame. (I can't find the link to the post right now) So, I took it to my friendly neighborhood Ford dealer (seeing as it was still under warranty), and left a detailed description of the problem, let them know I thought it was the fuel pump and left it there. This was this past Saturday. Monday I get a call saying they couldn't get the car to act up. So the following Wednesday I went over and took a service rep out, it only took one turn to show them exactly what was happening. Everything seemed in order, I even told the guy that I needed it by Sunday (day of the autoX). He said no problem. Come today (Saturday), I still haven't gotten a call back, so I called them. And get 2 answers from two different people, one guy said he couldn't get the car to act up again!!!! And the other simply said that he scanned the car and nothing came up. I told both the guys it was the fuel pump, but they weren't willing to swap one just to see if it fixes it. So I got fed up and just took the car, topped of the tank, crossed my fingers and went for a drive. Luckily it wouldn't act up with a full tank. (Side note: the whole time they had it, there was 1/4 of tank) So now Iâ??m just going to be paranoid that it will start bogging down in the middle of my runs, one more thing to worry about. Oh well tomorrow sure will be interesting seeing as I will have a time bomb in the fuel tank and Itâ??s supposed to rain!! Thanks again for the tips guys.
